Guru Purnima 2015

Guru Purnima

31 July 2015

Hindus attach supreme significance to religious teachers. Gurus (spiritual teachers) tend to be associated with God (bhagwan) and constantly looked at as a link between the person plus the Immortal. Just like the moon shines by showing the light of the sun (surya), and glorifies it, all followers can dazzle such as moon by gaining from their Gurus.

What exactly is Guru Purnima?

The complete moon day in the Hindu month of Ashad (July-August) is observed as the fortunate day of Guru Purnima, a day revered to the memory of the grand sage Maharshi Veda Vyasa.

Every Hindus are grateful to the historical saint who modified the 4 Vedas, wrote the eighteen Puranas, Mahabharata plus the Srimad Bhagavatam. Vyasa even taught Dattatreya, who's considered the Guru of Gurus.

Meaning of Guru Purnima

On this day, all religious applicants and followers worship Vyasa honoring his divine personage and all followers perform 'puja/sadhana' of their respected religious preceptor or 'Gurudevs'.

This present day is of deep implication to the farmers, for it heralds the establishing of the much-needed rains, since the advent of cool showers usher in fresh life in the fields. It's a great time to start your religious education. Conventionally, religious finders will make stronger their spiritual 'sadhana/puja/Mantra chanting' from this day.

The period 'Chaturmas' ("four months") starts from this day. During the past, wandering religious gurus and their followers used to cool down at a place to study and discussion in the Brahma Sutras composed by Vyasa, and have interaction them selves in Vedantic debate.

The Role of the (Guru) Religious teacher Shivanand Das ji says: "Do you understand there are holy implication and the great significance of the Guru's role in the structuring of man? It wasn't with no the India of the past watchfully tended and kept alive the lamp of Guru-Tattva. For this reason it is not without cause that India, time after time, era after age, celebrates anew this olden concise explanation the Guru, loves it and pays reverence to it regularly, and thus re-affirms its perception and loyalty to it. For, the true Indian recognizes that the Guru is a only assurance of the individual to go beyond the bondage of sadness and death, and skill the Intelligence of the Reality."